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Return of the Plumed Serpent
- War God, Book 2
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
Graham Hancock, an expert in ancient civilisations and author of the nine million selling Fingerprints of the Gods, and expert too, on the use of hallucinogens to achieve higher states of consciousness, brings these two interests together in the second volume of the War God trilogy.
The conquistador Hernán Cortés is dreaming of Tenochtitlan, the golden city of Aztecs. But in order to win the Aztecs' gold, Cortés and his small force of just 500 men will have to defeat the psychotic emperor Moctezuma and the armies of hundreds of thousands he commands.
Cortés expects that the Tlascalans, hereditary enemies of the Aztecs, will join him, but instead finds himself locked in a deadly struggle. As Cortés risks all against the Tlascalans, he plays mind games with Moctezuma, aiming to defeat the Aztec emperor psychologically before ever having to face him in battle.
In this he is aided by his lover Malinal, a beautiful Mayan princess. It is from Malinal that Cortés learns of the myth of Quetzalcoatl, 'The Plumed Serpent'. She shows him how to exploit the prophecy of the fabled god king's return to weaken Moctezuma's resolve and keep alive the suspicion that the conquistador might actually be Quetzalcoatl himself.
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- Tod Werewolf
- 29-11-22
Nail biting
Although based upon the invasion of the south of America by the Spanish, this book is great and thrilling imagery of a world changing time. Highly recommended listen. Now I have to listen to the next book . Cliffhangers? I’m back at the Saturday morning movie shows of my childhood.
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- Brett Gary Jackson
- 29-01-18
Bloody brilliant!
A fantastic second installment of Graham Hancock's War God's. Looking forward to the next book in the series!
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- Alexei Dmitriev
- 06-03-18
Captivating and filled with content.
The story takes you to a journey of adventure and fantasy in a grounded and well studied world by the author. You can learn quite a few things if you listen carefully and take the time to research the elements mentioned. Or you can just hop on the ride and let yourself be carried through the story well read by Barnaby.
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- Golden girl
- 08-10-18
Return of the plummed serpent
Although I thoroughly enjoyed this book I found it to be a bit repetitive. I am looking forward to the next book which concludes the story.
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- stan
- 01-10-19
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Bit slow paced in the middle & starts to feel a bit repetitive.
But once the battles begin somewhere mid way you are in the fascinating world of the Mexica & conquistadors again!!
I would recommend upping the speed to 2 or 2.5x. especially if you do multiple books in a day..
Mr. Hancock has me riveted . Onwards to the 3rd book!
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- Ilona
- 06-01-17
Masterpiece!
Perfect plot set on historical events. Brilliantly read ! Very entertaining AWSOME audio book ! Thank you!
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- ASHISH SINHA
- 28-02-22
Amazing storyline continues
Having visited Latin America, I was always fascinated by the ancient culture and history. Though this is a fictional account, it still shows how wrong Religious practices can destroy cultures and civilisations. The European colonists in the name of religion plundered these ancient cultures. However they also contributed to their ruin by their shameful practices and inner turmoil. Brilliant narration and writing
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- mark
- 04-03-19
Fantastic
Graham has such a gift for writing coupled with the talented narration from Barnaby made this just a joy.
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- Gj
- 07-11-23
Amazing
A great story that keeps getting better and more exciting as it goes from battle to battle against overwhelming odds
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- Drew
- 05-01-17
another fantastic book by Graham Hancock
loved it , can't wait for the third book in the series. Very well narrated by Barnaby Edwards.
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